"Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better."

“I'll see you later, he says, and as he does, he runs his finger briefly over my wrist. It passes over me like air, and makes me shiver like a kiss.”

“The mixing of government and religion can be a threat to free government, even if no one is forced to participate.... When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular religion, it conveys a message of exclusion to all those who do not adhere to the favored beliefs. A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that God prefers some.”

“My work is about life as you and I experience it. You're either lucky or you're not lucky; either your relationship works or it doesn't.”

Source : "Mike Leigh: 'Creativity is a life-blood for people'". interview with Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. April 09, 2011.

“The gospel is not a truth among other truths. Rather, it sets a question mark against all truths.”

“The freedom to be someone else entirely and be different versions of something. That's what I loved and I loved watching movies and I loved watching television, I loved reading books. That kind of escapism into another world was my favorite thing.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving the investors what they want. Sometimes it's my job as an artist to know what I want to do, even when the fans tell me different.”

“Fellow from Texas can tell the difference between grass-roots and AstroTurf.”

Source : "Astroturf Lobbying Organizations: Do Fake Grassroots Need Real Regulation" by Henry Young, "Illinois Business Law Journal", November 2, 2009.

“It is my province to teach to the church what the doctrine is. It is your province to echo what I say or to remain silent.”